Onsen Tamago
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Onsen Tamago
Description
The dish involves placing eggs in a mix of boiling and room temperature water inside a rice cooker set to its warming function for 20 minutes, gently cooking the eggs to a custard-like texture. Meanwhile, a dashi sauce is prepared by simmering dashi stock with soy sauce, salt, and cane sugar, then cooled. After cooking, the eggs are put into cold water to stop cooking, cracked open gently into bowls, and served drizzled with the dashi sauce and optional chopped scallions for garnish.
This preparation yields tender eggs with loosely set whites and creamy yolks, complemented by the savory, slightly sweet dashi sauce enhancing the natural flavor of the eggs. The recipe mentions there are alternate methods referenced in the headnotes but focuses on the rice cooker method for ease and consistency.
Ingredients
For hot spring eggs
- 5 egg
- scallions (optional, chopped for garnish)
For dashi sauce
- ½ cup dashi stock
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cane sugar evaporated
Instructions
- Add 5 US cups of boiling water plus 1 ½ cups of room temperature water to a rice cooker.
- Add 5 eggs to the hot water and close the lid. Turn on the rice cooker's warming function and set a timer for 20 minutes.
- While you wait for the hot spring eggs to cook, add the ½ cup dashi stock, 1 teaspoon soy sauce, ½ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon evaporated cane sugar to a small saucepan and bring the mixture to a boil. Once the salt and sugar have dissolved, turn off the heat and let the sauce cool.
- Once the timer goes off, transfer the eggs to a cold water bath to stop the cooking.
- Crack the chilled eggs on a flat surface and gently break the Onsen Tamago into a small bowl. Serve drizzled with a small amount of dashi sauce and garnish with scallions.
Notes
- Alternative methods for making hot spring eggs are described in the recipe headnotes.
- Using a rice cooker warming function allows consistent, hands-off cooking for soft, silky eggs.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 5eggs
Amount Per Serving
Calories 69 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 69kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.02g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 164mg | 55% |
| Sodium | 440mg | 18% |
| Potassium | 84mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 0.01g | 0% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 239IU | 5% |
| Calcium | 32mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
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